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Concurrent engineering

1. Informal liaison
2. Formal liaison
3. Task force
4. Team
5. Champion integrator
6. Cross-functional management
7. Cross-functional matrix
1. Cross-functional matrix
Sequential engineering is also known as serial engineering, which can be defined as when the
information is passed out after the product has been designed to design department.
In sequential engineering various department functions is separated like design.
For example, the prototype model is verified by simulation and other services and if the changes
will occur it increases cost of the product as well as production time increases and their results
comes on delay on the marketing of the product. If the changes cannot be made due to market
demand and requirement of the product then it harm the product quality as well as product life.
A flow diagram of sequential engineering is shown in Fig. 3-1 . In sequential engineering
information flow in one way i.e. if the project is over for a department it can’t rework on that same
project.
Concurrent Engineering (CE) is the concept of integration
of design of products, manufacturing and support process.
CE is a management philosophy and a set of operating
principles that guide a product development process
through an accelerated successful completion. The overall CE
philosophy rests on a single, but powerful, principle that
promotes the incorporation of downstream concerns into
the upstream phases of a development process. This wouldlead to
shorter development times, improved product
quality, and lower development–production costs [11].
It is systematic and simultaneous focus on the
development of a product and or process, educating all
people should be involved in the first palace [5]. Over the last
two decades, concurrent engineering (CE), the practice of
executing dependent product development stages
simultaneously, has become the common mode of new
product development (NPD) because of the increasing
importance of time-to-market [6].
CE also called simultaneous engineering is defined as
“The process of designing a product using all inputs and
evaluations simultaneously and early during design to
ensure that the need of customers is met at least cost. The
aim of concurrent engineering is to:
➢ Reduce the time gap between identification of a
product idea and final delivery of the product.
➢ Design of products of high quality at minimum cost.
➢ Reduction of design changes at later stage. ❖ Close
integration between departments and
promotion of team spirit.
By achieving these goals any organization improves their
productivity and fulfilled the customer need as well as
market demand. The goal a company is striving to achieve
depends on the specific situation in that company, the
complexity of the product, and the market it is in. Ultimately,
control over the three issues is desired. These three issues
are:
▪ Lower product costs throughout the total life cycle;
▪ Better product quality;
▪ Shorter time-to-market.
In concurrent product development there are interactions
among individuals group or activities while there are no
interactions in sequential product development. During
design process CE draws on various disciplines to trade off
parameters such as manufacturability, testability and
serviceability along with customer performance, size, weight and
cost. A flow diagram is as shown in Fig. 3-2
The decision making process in a CE environment differs
from sequential engineering in that at every stage decisions
are taken considering the constraints and the objectives of
all
stages of the product life cycle, thus taking at the product
design level issues that are usually addressed much later,
thus giving the possibility to achieve a better overall
solution.
The most distinguishing feature of CE is the
multidisciplinary,
cross functional team approach.
1. Develop a strategy by top management;
2. Assessment of organization’s existing condition by using a
particular assessment tools as benchmarking,
questionnaires and performance metrics;
3. Create a supported company to increase awareness to CE
method and provide related CE implementing training;
4. Priorities improvements based on result from assessment
in step 2;
5. Plan the change by involving every person in charge,
setting milestones/targets, and analyzing requires
resources in CE project;
6. Implement improved situation
7. Support implementation
CE Implementation Steps

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